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tutta CORNELIUS S. HURLBUT, OI? SPRINGFIELD, MASSACIIU-SE'ITS.v

Y Lenen Pantlvo. 89,148, dazed 'April 2o, 1869.

IMPRovED BURIALA-cuts'x'aa.

To all whom lit may conce/m Be. it known that I, CORNELIUS S. HURLBUT, of Springfield, in the county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Burial-Gaskets; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters thereon.

The nature of my invention consists- First, in constructing the burial-casket of caoutchouc, or India rubber, vulcanized or iodized, the casket, except the top, or cover,- being cast, or moulded in one piece, of suitable shape and size for receiving its ten- Second, 'in providing the upper edge of the sides and ends of the casket with a shoulder, in and upon which is laid a packing, made from rubber or gutta-percha, or other suitable material, which forms the bed for a covering of glass, or any other suitable material, making the casket air-tightand water-tight.

Third, in constructing the casket with a lining of sheet-iron, or other metal, strengthened with metallic braces, about or upon which lining the casket is cast, or moulded.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure lis a perspective view of the casket, showing the lining at k, the rubber being removed from that part of the side, and showing, also, the metallic braces aI a and b b, which are fastened to the lining in any ordinary manner.

Figure 2 shows the casket, with the top, or cover removed, andv so situated that the observer looks from above down into the casket. 'The red line indicates the soft rubber packing in the shoulder, at the upper edges of the sides and ends.

Figure 3is across-section 'of the casket, with the cover in place. The portion colored red at d d, represents the packing in the shoulder. The portion colored blue shows the cover, of glass, or other suitable material, which rests on the packing, and makes the casket airti ht.

gFigure 4 is a perspective view of the casket complete.

In manufacturing my casket, the rubber is prepared ,in any of the known methods for making hard objects from it, and is then put into the mould of the desired size and shape, in the usual manner of moulding rubber, and is then hardened by well-known'processes. A metallic mould with smooth inner surface, produces a casting oi' high polish and iinish,

The casket may be made either with or without a metallic lining, or foundation.

When made with such lining, the lining is s o placed in thev mould, that the rubber completely envelops it and hides it from view, or leaves it4 visible only on the inside of the casket, where it is concealed by the inside trimming, when the casket is furnished for use.

The shoulder for receiving the soft packing, may

either be cast on the casket, in the rst instance, or made by cutting after the hardening is 'completed'.

The packing is softlrubber or guttzbpercha, and is placed in the shoulder, along the upper edges of the sides and ends.

The casket, m'ade of rubber, as herein described, is very light, and may be made completely air-tight.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A burial-casket, made from caoutchouc, or India rubber, and having the sides, ends, and bottom cast, or moulded in one piece.

'2. The use of a metallic lining, or foundation, and metallic braces, in the construction of rubber burialcaskets.

3. A burial-casket, made from caoutchouc, or India rubber, as described, and made air-tight and watertight, by placing the top, or covering, of Aglass or other suitable material, upon packing of rubber, gutta-percha r other suitable material, laid' in a shoulder prepared for the purpose, in the upper edge .of the sides and ends of the casket, as described. i

CORNELIUS S. HURLBUT.

Witnesses:

WM. B. ROGERS, A. L. Scum. 

